Bowie County, Texas
County seat: Boston · Population 92,696 (2025) · 885 sq mi
Bowie County is the 44th most populous of Texas's 254 counties, with 92,696 people (2025 estimate). Its county seat is Boston. It is part of the Upper East region, one of the 12 Texas Comptroller economic regions. The map shows its 10 cities and towns and the 6 neighboring counties.
Bowie County facts
- County seat
- Boston
- Population (2025 estimate)
- 92,696 −0.2% since 2020
- Land area
- 885 sq mi 165th largest of 254
- Water area
- 38 sq mi
- Population density
- 105 per sq mi
- Established
- 1840
- Named after
- James Bowie nineteenth-century American pioneer
- Largest city
- Texarkana 36,195
- Median household income
- $59,803
- Cities and towns
- 10
- ZIP codes
- 10
- Time zone
- Central
- FIPS code
- 48037
Cities and towns in Bowie County
Bowie County has 10 incorporated cities, towns and villages. Populations count the people living inside Bowie County; cities that cross a county line also list the other counties.
| Name | Type | Population 2025 | Also in |
|---|---|---|---|
| Texarkana | City | 36,195 | |
| Wake Village | City | 5,796 | |
| New Boston | City | 4,560 | |
| Nash | City | 4,269 | |
| Hooks | City | 2,490 | |
| De Kalb | City | 1,455 | |
| Maud | City | 986 | |
| Red Lick | City | 924 | |
| Redwater | City | 853 | |
| Leary | City | 430 |
ZIP codes in Bowie County
10 ZIP codes reach into Bowie County. ZIP codes ignore county lines, so some also cover a neighboring county.
- 75501
- 75503
- 75554 also Red River County
- 75559 also Red River County
- 75561
- 75567
- 75569
- 75570
- 75573
- 75574
Population of Bowie County, 2020–2025
Bowie County shrank by 198 people (−0.2%) between April 2020 and July 2025: 961 more deaths than births and a net gain of 728 people from migration.
| Year (July 1) | Population |
|---|---|
| 2020 | 92,907 |
| 2021 | 92,266 |
| 2022 | 91,623 |
| 2023 | 91,688 |
| 2024 | 92,676 |
| 2025 | 92,696 |
Neighboring counties
- Cass County south · 28,651 people
- Little River County, Arkansas northeast · 11,763 people
- McCurtain County, Oklahoma northwest · 30,744 people
- Red River County west · 11,816 people
- Miller County, Arkansas east · 42,357 people
- Morris County southwest · 12,133 people
Printable Bowie County map
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Sources
- Boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau, 2025 Cartographic Boundary Files (1:500,000).
- Population: Census Bureau county and city estimates, Vintage 2025. CDP populations: American Community Survey 2020–2024.
- Places and ZIP codes: Census Bureau 2026 Gazetteer and 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Area relationship files.
- County seat, founding year and name origin: Wikidata (CC0), checked against state sources.
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